Private Duty Nursing

PDN is a medically necessary, substantial, complex, and continuous service that requires more individual and continuous care than is available from a visiting nurse or routinely provided by the nursing staff of the hospital or skilled nursing facility and requires frequent skilled nursing interventions.

PDN services are provided under the direction of a written individualized plan of care signed by the recipient’s attending physician. Care is managed by a home care agency licensed by the Division of Facility Services enrolled with Medicaid as a PDN provider. Nursing services are rendered by a licensed registered nurse (RN) or licensed practical nurse (LPN) who is licensed by the North Carolina Board of Nursing and employed by the home care agency.